PHD Comics@PHDcomics

Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia, by Jorge Cham (Oliver's Great Big Universe, Science Stuff podcast, @ElinorWonders) Instagram.com/phd_comics

phdcomics.com
Joined July 2008
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3
16
6,065
Average time.
108
2,630
12,689
Rejection
93
2,698
12,856
Among Us
30
2,090
11,321
Data is/are
85
2,980
10,504
Your life ambition
49
2,039
10,183
Summer ☀️
44
1,970
8,095
Why academics use Twitter
64
2,179
8,088
Final.doc
80
1,577
7,034
Academic Hell
30
1,462
7,109
How profs spend their time
46
1,289
6,772
2,180,171
Average time
38
1,052
6,881
753,507
Marriage vs. PhD
31
1,241
7,036
731,466
The Committee
47
1,061
6,742
Marriage v. The Ph.D
47
1,226
6,586
548,475
Intellectual Freedom?
35
1,190
5,630
580,681
Who's ready for happy hour?
17
790
5,397
561,033
Finding a new article be like
26
682
5,122
Day Off
34
907
5,078
Ready for Summer?
30
1,720
4,984
Wrong direction
29
877
5,025
584,197
Procrastination
30
962
5,083
Things you can do in Academia
25
801
5,029
580,194
Grad School vs. Kindergarten
16
1,006
4,918
10 minutes a day
34
862
4,963
How to read a professor's door
24
722
4,809
604,003
Anatomy of a group meeting
25
766
4,684
420,291
Final.doc
44
764
4,618
463,713
Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week
50
1,272
4,422
Academic rejection
46
830
4,648
507,756
Vacation vs. Stress
45
1,539
4,301
So that's why it's called an abstract
20
721
4,154
Proof.
21
1,371
4,036
Academic relationships
18
628
3,983
368,722
A friendly reminder
53
973
3,901
Proof
10
648
3,812
Academic Deadlines
22
733
3,925
412,856
World Cup: 1 - Ph.D.: 0
17
732
3,837
Revisions
37
860
3,803
Writing
27
716
3,766
373,066
Summer Vibes
24
848
3,686
446,293
Summer ☀️
21
679
3,559
455,099
Writing
27
1,166
3,547
H0 H0 H0
11
726
3,511
Nice try
23
649
3,539
Refreshments
15
570
3,521
What you know
15
711
3,558
349,358
The Origin
11
397
3,573
339,215
How was your "vacation"?
32
643
3,542
500,192
Doing vs Writing
5
553
3,537
342,331
Guess what
23
777
3,375
Meetings
39
666
3,368
Taking the laptop
27
417
3,320
Proof
8
663
3,288
224,077
Academic Relationships
20
557
3,311
The Plans
28
667
3,279
Writing
19
824
3,158
You can do it.
20
759
3,086
If Research Papers had Comments
24
539
2,987
Campus map
18
437
3,015
Word Count
15
484
3,068
287,503
Your Presentation
21
609
3,065
256,820
Vacation Relaxation?
10
533
2,989
320,464
Submission
18
485
2,915
Interdisciplinary
18
512
2,942
Another day
25
585
3,034
Friendly reminder
21
548
2,938
333,154
Thesis Word Count
27
522
2,956
Abstract Mad libs
14
559
3,028
342,395
Happy Holidays, everyone
10
1,007
2,770
Your thesis title
34
585
2,824
Honest Acknowledgment
28
514
2,828
How Profs spend their time
13
530
2,853
323,041
H0 H0 H0
10
494
2,757
Writing
11
351
2,719
🐼 vs 🎓
20
603
2,845
340,691
Universities are academic institutions, right?
50
1,430
2,671
#Eclipse phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1…
20
1,544
2,666
Profs. vs Jedi
13
523
2,756
320,277
Seminar accessories
8
448
2,669
Happy Valentine's
7
462
2,656
Written in
15
463
2,612
The Daily Routine
8
407
2,654
276,230
Professors vs. Jedi... who wins?
21
850
2,525
Still there
13
458
2,580
What you know **hey, I'm giving away free art: bit.ly/2Ri1abe
14
665
2,557
Sentences
17
403
2,515
The guilt timer
23
952
2,489
Pro and Con
15
376
2,499
238,016
The Science News Cycle
15
733
2,439
Done
17
449
2,498
It's a pro con
22
704
2,403
Day off? phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1…
21
1,012
2,342
#@$%
12
353
2,363
The Plans
20
383
2,391
270,961
Your Draft
11
439
2,399
How's the writing going?
14
370
2,400
Make a plan
13
388
2,299
Holiday Wish
26
746
2,276
Self-Reference
14
331
2,287